Let life be not all about hate; after all we are not balls of fire. We are all children of God even if we don’t believe in heaven. It’s easy for most to hate and hard to love because of what we’ve been through. But…

The colour of modesty is rouge. It is the shade of the clouds as it witnesses the consummation of two skies; The colour of your thoughts on my skin; Blossoming roses when I sigh your remembrance to the winds; my palms pressed in prayers for…

Losing Faith in real women, Inmates seeking pen pals, No Faith in real women learning to live.   Bitch fought me for years, lead family to homelessness, Single black female in search of marriage.   Nerdy city guy, nice guy tired of online dating, I want…

Five years, light and laughter fill my eyes. Airy and breathy, like feathers floating upon the wind. Hope swells like cresting ocean waves and dreams rise higher than the desert mountain tops of memory. The stars and moon never out of reach for the innocent…

Life within the flame, a life of ash, revealing the marrow of our bones. Our character forged and tested by fire, until we shine like the purest of silver. Rain will come, wash all the ash away, and polish our reddened eyes. Pain extinguished, the…

Eden’s Labor   Glaring at the rusty clock, measuring minutes between her contractions with such a fragile hand she wrote them. Her pain would be no more.   Groping into the dark of night, beginning the thirtieth hour. no warrior could fathom such a strength…

Greetings, fellow poets and/or poets-to-be!  Due to time constraints (i.e. Needing to share my introductory post within the next 20 minutes before the marathon officially starts)!  I’ve essentially copied/pasted my profile bio here, as I think I wrote too much in it for a short…